A Fostering Journey 62

We finally got the go ahead! We received a phone call from the hospital to say that the little lady had finally reached her target weight and that the Doctor had checked her over and that she was fit to be discharged. So we had a final checks that we had everything we...

A Fostering Journey 61

We received a call from our Supervising Social Worker to say that we had received a complaint from the mother of the new placements. Apparently we had refused to put the baby, in hospital, in the clothes that she had provided and then also taken the clothes away and...

A Fostering Journey 60

We were getting on for six weeks looking after the one year old and visiting his sister, who was in hospital, as she was born ten weeks early and was, therefore, premature and in ICU. The only visitor the baby was getting in hospital was my wife and I and we were...

A Fostering Journey 59

We visited the hospital on two further occasions over the following week and were upset to find that no one had visited her, not Mum and not any other family member. We were allowed to take her out of the incubator to feed her and to give her some cuddles. She was...

A Fostering Journey 53

So here we are, empty, surrounded by girls clothes but with no girls in the house. My wife and I sat and reflected on what had happened. It’s the disappointment of being lied to after everything you’ve done for the young people. We weren’t bothered about their...

A Fostering Journey 52

They say that things happen when you least expect them to and being a Foster Carer it really happens constantly. We have two girls in placement who are ‘left over’ from a previous placement of four. The other two were ‘snatched away’ by a Mother who just wanted to...
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